Cincinnati & Lake Erie Interurban Freight Motor No. 646

I "found" this sitting in the yard at the Texas State Railroad in Rusk, TX and could have easily walked past it with just a nod a... (more)

When key components on freight cars fail and the subsequent repairs can’t be made at the location said car is set out, then you got to improvise a temporary solution to get the car running again... (more)

Deluxe Facilities! One of two Chicago-Valparaiso evening commuter trains (referred to as "The Dummies" by the railroad crews) makes a station stop at Hobart during the Penn Central to Conrail tran... (more)

Union Pacific’s yard in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is packed with a variety of freight cars on July 19, 2003.

The business end of Herzog’s Automated Conveyor Train. Similar in use to DumpTrain, the one uses a much different mechanical system.

There are few freight cars that are more distinctive than the B&O’s “wagontop” box cars. Conceived out of the necessity to replace older double-sheathed boxcars with steel ones, the class M1... (more)

Found this 1957 vintage PFE ice refrigerator car on display at the California State Railroad Museum in 1994. It was moved to the Niles Canyon Railway in 2008 and is operational there.

"LIRR Cabin Car for Scrap" One of Long Island Rail Road's surviving hacks sits on a flatcar along with another in Holban Yard shortly after being detrucked and prepped for transp... (more)

A BNSF southbound freight included 6 former 1970's era Amtrak Express Trak boxcars, which were used to handled Amtrak mail and express service freight. These cars are noticeably small compared to... (more)

The conductor of this eastbound steps outside from his mobile office for a breath of fresh air, while his train is stopped at Ebony on the former PRR in 1977.

Caboose CN 79834 is parked in the town of Vankleek Hill. This caboose was used for backup moves on the L'Orignal Spur, but I am not sure if it still in use. Either way, it is in very dire shape.

Awaiting their next job assignment at the EJ&E's Kirk Yard in Gary Indiana.

”Better By A Dam Site”

Southwestern Georgia’s Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad survived part of its early (1960’s) existence by transporting materials for the construction... (more)

Southern Pacific Golden State dining car “Golden Trencher” is freshly-painted and on display at the Union Station Railroad Museum at Mendota, Illinois, on April 8, 2016. I didn’t have the op... (more)

In 1989, Burlington Northern received a series of freight cars called “Boppers” built by Bethlehem Johnstown. These experimental aluminum cars had both side doors and roof hatches, and could b... (more)